Later spells followed with QPR and New York Red Bulls and the former England winger has been with Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship since 2017.

“It goes without saying I want City to win, but the Chelsea fans were cool with me so I wouldn’t want them to lose by six goals again!” said Wright-Phillips.

“It should be a great final, but the 6-0 hammering does make it a bit trickier – they’ll want some retribution because that would have hurt them and at the very least, they’ll want to play a lot better.

“I think Chelsea will come out fast, but whether they can keep that up or not remains to be seen.

“If I was Pep, I wouldn’t change a thing from the team that won 6-0. It won’t be a pushover, but City should play the same way again.”

With his energy, speed, work ethics and love of dribbling, SWP admits he would have loved to have played in Pep Guardiola’s City side and believes the Catalan would have improved him as a player.

“It would have been a revelation for me to play under Pep,” he said.

“Pep always has a way of improving players, changing them to suit his demands and so I’d have had to learn new tactics which is something I would have enjoyed.

“The pressing at the top means when you win the ball back in the final third you are already on the attack. It would have been incredible.